Wooden Holy Trinity Church was built in suburb of

Zhovkva Zhovkva ( uk, Жовква ; pl, Żółkiew; yi, זאָלקוואַ, translit=Zolkva; russian: Жо́лква, 1951–1992: ''Nesterov'') is a city in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of western Ukraine. Zhovkva hosts the administration of Zho ...

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in 1720 on the place of a church that burned down in 1717. The structure consists of three wooden naves and a brick

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. There is an

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consisting of about 50 icons painted by the masters of Zhovkva Painting and Carving School of Ivan Rutkovych in the beginning of 18th century. The iconostasis is made from linden wood carved by Ignatiy Stobenskyi. In 1978–79, iconostasis was

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. Now the church belongs to the UGCC. On the church's walls one can find the plates confirming that the building is an architecture monument built in 1720. On June 21, 2013, during the 37th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Cambodja the Holy Trinity Church was added to the

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among 16 wooden tserkvas of

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and

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{{World Heritage Sites in Ukraine Churches in Zhovkva Wooden tserkvas of Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine World Heritage Sites in Ukraine Churches completed in 1720 Ukrainian Catholic churches in Ukraine 1720 establishments in Europe